Famous Birthdays In December - 06

1831  Joshua Woodrow Sill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on December - 06.  

1833  John Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col (Confederate Army), died in 1916 was born on this day in history.  

1841  On December - 06 birth of frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870)  

1843  On December - 06 birth of albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher  

1846  On this day in history birth of henryk Jarecki, composer  

1849  On December - 06 birth of august von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)  

1853  On December - 06 birth of haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931)  

1863  On this day in history birth of charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914)  

1870  William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds) was born on December - 06.  

1872  Mikulas Moyzes, composer was born on this day in history.  

1872  On December - 06 birth of william S. Hart, American actor (d. 1946)  

1875  On this day in history birth of evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941)  

1876  Fred Duesenberg, German-born automobile pioneer (d. 1932) was born on this day in history.  

1884  Rose Schneiderman, NY state dept of labor sect (1937-44) was born on December - 06.  

1885  On December - 06 birth of albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General)  

1886  On December - 06 birth of joyce Kilmer, US, (male) poet (Trees)  

1887  Joseph Lamb, composer was born on December - 06.  

1887  Lynn Fontanne, Woodford England, Bdwy actress (Dulcy, Arms & the Man) was born on December - 06.  

1888  Will Hay, English comedian and actor (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

1890  Dion Fortune, British occultist (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history birth of yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951)  

1890  On December - 06 birth of rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)  

1892  On December - 06 birth of f Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame)  

1892  Lina Carstens, Wiesbaden Germany, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug) was born on this day in history.  

1893  Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960) was born on December - 06.  

1896  Arnold Foster, composer was born on this day in history.  

1896  George Trafton, NFL center (Chicago Bears) was born on December - 06.  

1896  On this day in history birth of ira Gershwin, lyricist ('S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm)  

1897  John Axel Fernstrom, composer was born on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history birth of o W Cisek, writer  

1898  On December - 06 birth of alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist  

1898  On December - 06 birth of gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, sociologist/economist (Nobel 1974)  

1898  Herman Shumlin, actor (Watch on the Rhine) was born on December - 06.  

1899  On this day in history birth of harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith  

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0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas  

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on December - 06.  

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded  

1550  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48  

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.  

1598  On December - 06 elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78  

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)